Guild Wars headlines

Guild Wars 2 is on sale until May 11, so from now until then you can knock 50% off the MMO via the official website. The Digital Heroic Edition will run you $24.99 instead of $49.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition will run you $34.99 instead of $69.99. Each versions contains various bonuses, so head […]

Guild Wars is celebrating its ninth anniversary, and players of the first entry of the MMO can participate in the event come on April 22. In the meantime, players have reported bonus items are already dropping, and as of today, minigames have started. Come next week, players can take a stroll down Shing Jea Boardwalk, […]

Guild Wars 2′s next Halloween update will go live next week and its called Tower of Nightmares. As it sounds, the event revolves around a tower in the Kessex Hills where the krait have been working “tirelessly on a terror unlike anything seen before in Tyria.” Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade are investigating the magic […]

After an impressive launch, Guild Wars 2 suffered a drop in player numbers after it launched last year. Now people are heading back to Tyria slowly but surely, and the designers believe it’s a result of newly-introduced fortnightly updates.

Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has stressed that although Guild Wars 2 is the team’s focus, it has no intention of abandoning the original game’s community. It could last forever, lead content designer Mike Zadorojny has said.

A Guild Wars 2 video showing gameplay highlights from the “Last Stand at Southsun” release, is below. In it, players “join forces to discover the culprit behind the chaos” on the tropical island of Southsun Cove. The Secret of Southsun launched on May 14, and the “Last Stand” event runs this week.

ArenaNet and the folks over at Guild Wars 2 Guru have collaborated on a video in which development team members Tyler Bearce, Karl McClain and Johnathan Sharp discuss the “state-of-the-game”. According to Massively, the topics covered span balancing, matchmaking, Spirit Watch and future plans. The video is a bit long, so grab some refreshment before […]

ArenNet has announced that the Guesting feature for Guild Wars 2 will launch with the January update. The feature allows players to “visit” different worlds (servers) temporarily, so they can quest with friends and other members of the community. Think of it as visiting the house next door but not taking up permanent residence. There […]

The Wintersday even in Guild Wars 2 starts tomorrow, and runs through January 3. To celebrate the festivities, ArenaNet as released another batch of screenshots. Have a look at snowy wonderland inthe gallery below. If you missed the other set of screenshots, go have a look through here, where we’ve also posted a handy schedule […]

Guild Wars 2 players are in for a Halloween treat soon, and ArenaNet has released a teaser video to whet the appetite. Have a watch below. Shadow of the Mad King will go live on October 22 and the new acts run through October 31. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

Guild Wars 2 players have been running into some issues with grouping, with many party members getting lost within the MMO’s overflow servers. ArenaNet studio head and co-founder Mike O’Brien has said the team is aware of the issue, but until players spread out more into the game world, it’s going to happen.

Blizzard issued a response regarding the inability to access Battle.net or World of Warcraft servers from Iran. According to the post, the issue stems from applied US sanctions instead of government bans on specific content – although the latter is still true as well.

Guild Wars presents so many choices right from the start that it can be overwhelming for beginner players, which is why ArenaNet chose to start new Guild Wars 2 characters off with five set, weapon-based skills.

Guild Wars 2 is on sale until May 11, so from now until then you can knock 50% off the MMO via the official website. The Digital Heroic Edition will run you $24.99 instead of $49.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition will run you $34.99 instead of $69.99. Each versions contains various bonuses, so head […]

Guild Wars is celebrating its ninth anniversary, and players of the first entry of the MMO can participate in the event come on April 22. In the meantime, players have reported bonus items are already dropping, and as of today, minigames have started. Come next week, players can take a stroll down Shing Jea Boardwalk, […]

Guild Wars 2′s next Halloween update will go live next week and its called Tower of Nightmares. As it sounds, the event revolves around a tower in the Kessex Hills where the krait have been working “tirelessly on a terror unlike anything seen before in Tyria.” Marjory Delaqua and Kasmeer Meade are investigating the magic […]

After an impressive launch, Guild Wars 2 suffered a drop in player numbers after it launched last year. Now people are heading back to Tyria slowly but surely, and the designers believe it’s a result of newly-introduced fortnightly updates.

Guild Wars developer ArenaNet has stressed that although Guild Wars 2 is the team’s focus, it has no intention of abandoning the original game’s community. It could last forever, lead content designer Mike Zadorojny has said.

A Guild Wars 2 video showing gameplay highlights from the “Last Stand at Southsun” release, is below. In it, players “join forces to discover the culprit behind the chaos” on the tropical island of Southsun Cove. The Secret of Southsun launched on May 14, and the “Last Stand” event runs this week.

ArenaNet and the folks over at Guild Wars 2 Guru have collaborated on a video in which development team members Tyler Bearce, Karl McClain and Johnathan Sharp discuss the “state-of-the-game”. According to Massively, the topics covered span balancing, matchmaking, Spirit Watch and future plans. The video is a bit long, so grab some refreshment before […]

ArenNet has announced that the Guesting feature for Guild Wars 2 will launch with the January update. The feature allows players to “visit” different worlds (servers) temporarily, so they can quest with friends and other members of the community. Think of it as visiting the house next door but not taking up permanent residence. There […]

The Wintersday even in Guild Wars 2 starts tomorrow, and runs through January 3. To celebrate the festivities, ArenaNet as released another batch of screenshots. Have a look at snowy wonderland inthe gallery below. If you missed the other set of screenshots, go have a look through here, where we’ve also posted a handy schedule […]

Guild Wars 2 players are in for a Halloween treat soon, and ArenaNet has released a teaser video to whet the appetite. Have a watch below. Shadow of the Mad King will go live on October 22 and the new acts run through October 31. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

Guild Wars 2 players have been running into some issues with grouping, with many party members getting lost within the MMO’s overflow servers. ArenaNet studio head and co-founder Mike O’Brien has said the team is aware of the issue, but until players spread out more into the game world, it’s going to happen.

Blizzard issued a response regarding the inability to access Battle.net or World of Warcraft servers from Iran. According to the post, the issue stems from applied US sanctions instead of government bans on specific content – although the latter is still true as well.

Guild Wars presents so many choices right from the start that it can be overwhelming for beginner players, which is why ArenaNet chose to start new Guild Wars 2 characters off with five set, weapon-based skills.

ArenaNet has announced that close to 1.2 billion hours have been spent playing Guild Wars. The actual figure currently stands at 1,172,940,800 hours, which is 133,806 years worth of playtime. We’re speechless. Guild Wars 2 releases on August 28 and the last beta weekend just finished on Sunday evening. Thanks, GamersNet.

The clock’s ticking on securing your favourite appellation for the next big thing in MMORPGs. If you’d like to bring your Guild Wars name over into Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet is giving you until July 31 to stake your claim, after which you’ll have to attach it to a new character by the end of […]

ArenaNet has announced the first public Guild Wars 2 beta weekend will occur next weekend on April 27. The fun will end though on April 29. More testing weekends will be announced at a later date, so if you miss out on this one, you will have another opportunity to participate in the future. To […]

Massively has posted a video showing off its time in World vs World PvP during the second press beta for Guild Wars 2. as you will see in the video below, all players taking part in the instanced battles will receive a level boot to 80, with the only differences between players being their gear […]

ArenaNet has released a video which features the team discussing its Game Design Manifesto for Guild Wars 2. According to the developers, when creating the MMO, it had three main themes to adhere to: making an MMORPG a great RPG, rethinking combat, and making the MMO more social. You can watch it for yourself below, […]

As of yesterday afternoon, one million people signed up for the Guild Wars 2 beta. The official Twitter account for the game broke the good news, and ArenNet posted a video of the studio celebrating the milestone on Facebook. Sign ups ended at 6pm UK time, and open beta testing will go live this spring, […]